Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at the Open University
Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region metro-mayors have been in power just under a year, but has political diversity and participation changed?
Transport and homelessness show how Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are using their formal and informal powers in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region
Six months have passed since Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region elected metro-mayors. In this first of a series of three blogs we assess their progress so far
New metro-mayors must now deliver on their policy commitments, and quickly seek to secure the ‘democratic moment’ that advocates of devolution promised
As polls open a range of electoral features – personality, campaigning and voting systems – will tell us if voters see today’s elections as ‘second-order’
New metro-mayors will be elected in English city-regions on May 4th. Once elected the hard task of defining the new roles begins
The 2014 Agreement may be flawed, but it is the latest step in a long journey to increase the city-region’s economic and political leverage